Chapter 216

They heard the news from Lucy. When she dropped the bomb in the family group chat, she even called it a "nationwide celebration." Honestly, Lucy had it worse than anyone lately. No one knew how she pissed off Ethan. Her rich husband, in order to suck up to Ethan, not only dumped her but also handed her off to some creep with sick fetishes. Lucy lost it. She started camping out near the fire station, basically stalking Conrad. She even traced him all the way to Pine Mountain. When shots were fired inside, she happened to witness it right on the spot. As soon as she heard someone died, she wasted no time spreading a rumor that it was Conrad, captain of Southaven Fire Station. Calliope had no idea any of this was going on. When even Violet started saying Conrad was dead, Calliope froze. She actually started to doubt what she'd just seen. Was it really Conrad in that Bentley... or was her mind playing tricks? Her chest tightened, like something had reached in and crushed her heart. She cou